Australia's Sigma Healthcare tumbles on annual profit miss

Sigma Healthcare

27/08/2026 02:07

** Shares of Sigma Healthcare SIG.AX fall as much as 8.5% to A$2.60, hitting their lowest level since March 30
** Stock set for weakest intraday trading session since June 13, 2024
** Retail pharmacy franchiser reports FY26 normalised NPAT of A$732.3 mln ($525.57 mln), missing the Visible Alpha consensus estimate of A$745.9 mln
** Declares dividend of 2 Australian cents per share
** For FY27, Australian Chemist Warehouse-branded store network is continuing double-digit like-for-like sales growth - co
** Analysts at Citi say Australia Chemist Warehouse LFL trading update unclear
** Stock among top losers on the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO
** Stock down 9.5% YTD, including the session's moves

($1 = 1.3933 Australian dollars)

 (Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru)
 ((shivangi.lahiri@thomsonreuters.com))